Spouse-either member of a married pair in relation to the other; one's husband or wife.
QUOTE: Two children — one male, one female — to each family unit. It was written very clearly in the rules.
Reaction:in the story one family can only contain one woman one man one son and one daughter and nothing else this is called family unit if i would live in their society then I would not live with my grandma grandpa or my uncle. I'm grateful that I don't because without all the people I live with now I would feel lonely and not have anyone to talk to or joke around with.
Chapter two
vocabulary Chapter 2
Aptitude-capability; ability; innate or acquired capacity for something; talent:
Quote:"But to be honest, Jonas," his father said, "for me there was not the element of suspense that there is with your Ceremony. Because I was already fairly certain of what my Assignment was to be.
Reaction-When you turn twelve in december they have a ceremony that is called the ceremony of twelve . Where they give them an assignment (or job)the elders deiced what job you will be given no one else may know until the ceremony but how was Jonas father fairly certain about the assignment how did he know in advance?
" The apple had changed. Just for an instant . It had changed in mid-air, he remembered. Then it was in his hand, and he looked at it carefully, but it was the same apple. Unchanged. The same size and shape: a perfect sphere. The same nondescript shade. (p. 2
Reaction:How could something change in mid air? Wouldn't that be impossible.And also an apple cannot be a perfect sphere and an apple is not nondescript that would mean the apple is dull and an apple is not dull when you think of an apple you think of a reddish kind of yellowish green apple.
Chapter 4
bypass-To avoid (an obstacle) by using an alternative channel, passage, or route
Quote:What happens when they make the actual release? Where exactly did Roberto go? (p. 32)
Reaction - No one really knows for sure where they go maybe they go into another society or maybe they get killed or put them somewhere until they die which would be horrible . I hope they at least tell us at the end of the story and not make us read a continuation of the book.
Chapter 5
dwelling-home house some where you live
Quote:Your ready for the pills, that's all. That's the treatment for stirrings.
Reaction:How come they need pills? Just because they are having feelings for someone Maybe they do not want people to get to attached since they get separated when they get older.
Chapter 6
relinquish-to renounce or surrender
quote:It was as if the first Caleb were returning. (p. 43)
Reaction: They are replacing caleb because he died. It is kind of creepy because it was like the old caleb was never there it is as if there is no memory of him even existing.
Chapter 7
precision-the state or quality of being precise
Quote:He couldn't seem to stop, though for each lapse the discipline wand came again, escalating to a series of painful lashes that left marks on Asher's legs. Eventually, for a period of time, Asher stopped talking altogether, when he was a Three.
Reaction: I dont think that hitting him just because he said something wrong is the right thing to do they should have just corrected his mistake and told him how to say it the correct way.
Chapter 8
Integrity-adherence to moral and ethical principles; soundness of moral character; honesty.
quote:The fourth essential attribute is wisdom. . .Jonas has not yet acquired that. (p. 59)
Reaction:He needs to be trained before he can became the Receiver of Memory like since I am in the heart program I have to learn how to help people solve there problems.
Chapter 9
Exempted-To free from an obligation, a duty, or a liability to which others are subject:
Quote:What happened to her?"he asked nervously.
But his parents looked blank. "We don't know."
Reaction: The chief elder had chosen a previous receiver of memory but she failed but his parents did not know what had happened and if they did they were not allowed to speak of it again.
Chapter 10
conspicuous-easily seen or noticed; readily visible or observable
Quote:He couldn't imagine what the thousands of pages contained.
Reaction:He had never seen this many books before only the text book and the book of rules maybe they were hiding something .
Chapter 11
perceived-to become aware of, know, or identify by means of the senses
Quote:"Why don't we have snow, and sleds, and hills?"
Reaction:Jonas received a memory about snow sleds hills but he wonders why they do not have that so the giver told him it's because the climate control and that the snow obstructs from transportation.
Chapter 12
capacity-the ability to receive or contain
Quote:"We shouldn't have!" Jonas said fiercely (p. 91)
Reaction: in this chapter jonas is mad because the giver explains that they took out colors from there lives and he got mad i think i would get mad to because i enjoy having colors in our every day lives.
Chapter 13
access-the ability, right, or permission to approach, enter, speak with, or use; admittance
Quote:"We really have to protect people from wrong choices."
Reaction: That is why they do not have a lot of things and are not able to do alot of things because a civilization without rules would be chaos.
Quote:"But what wisdom do you get from hunger?" (p. 105)
Reaction:In this chapter the giver gave Jonas the image of neglect and they did not feed him and he questions w the giver about why he gave him that image he explains that it will give him wisdom but he dose not understand but he will gain wisdom because since they have a perfect society he has to know what starvation is like.
Chapter 15
anguish-excruciating or acute distress, suffering, or pain
The Giver looked away, as if he could not bear to see what he had done to Jonas. "Forgive me, " he said.
Reaction:In this chapter the giver was in so much pain and agony he pleaded for Jonas to take some away so jonas did but the giver felt horrible for what he had given jonas he had given him excruciating pain.
Chapter 16
obsolete -no longer in general use; fallen into disuse
Quote:"And they won't be part of my life anymore. . . And they'll be well cared for and respected."
Reaction: in this chapter jonas recieves the givers favorite memory (christmas) but he dose not know what it is but he enjoyed it he sees the grandparents in a living room with children and there parents and he thinks about something he has never even thought about before that he might have grand parents and that wen he becomes older he will forget about his parents and that he will have a family of his own and they will not be part of his life again.
Chapter 17
overwhelmed-To present with an excessive amount
Quote: "Then I wave bye-bye," he said, in the special sweet voice he used when he spoke to the new child.
Reaction:There was identical twins that were born and usually one would have to be released and that was the fathers job that is very sad so I guess that means that they will never meet each other.But we still do not know what they do when they release someone and it is killing me.
Chapter 18-19
that is so awful what they do to the newborn babies and every one that gets released now I know what to get released means I cant believe that Jonas own father finds it comfortable about what they are doing to these babies it is not fair they are murdering them the babies are not in pain or anything so why should they die and they should not call it a release because release means to be set free and go where ever you want.
Chapter 20
"Her name was Rosemary."
Reaction: In his chapter the giver was telling Jonas about his daughter Rosemary I do not know how if the givers daughter is rosemary then how could he let her ask for a release that is hard to know everything and not being able to stop her.
chapter 21
"First thing tomorrow morning."
Reaction:In this chapter Gabe is going to get released the next day I am glad that Jonas takes Gabe and escapes I would be so sad and mad if they killed Gabe in the story.
chapter 22-23
I think how the book ended is that maybe they did find a new civilization or maybe Jonas was just dreaming the whole entire thing . Because he felt no more pain.
"The Giver" Ilsia's journal
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=chapter one=
vocabulary Chapter 1Spouse-either member of a married pair in relation to the other; one's husband or wife.
QUOTE: Two children — one male, one female — to each family unit. It was written very clearly in the rules.
Reaction:in the story one family can only contain one woman one man one son and one daughter and nothing else this is called family unit if i would live in their society then I would not live with my grandma grandpa or my uncle. I'm grateful that I don't because without all the people I live with now I would feel lonely and not have anyone to talk to or joke around with.
Chapter two
vocabulary Chapter 2
Aptitude-capability; ability; innate or acquired capacity for something; talent:
Quote:"But to be honest, Jonas," his father said, "for me there was not the element of suspense that there is with your Ceremony. Because I was already fairly certain of what my Assignment was to be.
Reaction-When you turn twelve in december they have a ceremony that is called the ceremony of twelve . Where they give them an assignment (or job)the elders deiced what job you will be given no one else may know until the ceremony but how was Jonas father fairly certain about the assignment how did he know in advance?
Chapter 3
vocabulary
Chastisement-punish, castigate; whip, beat, flog, spank.
" The apple had changed. Just for an instant . It had changed in mid-air, he remembered. Then it was in his hand, and he looked at it carefully, but it was the same apple. Unchanged. The same size and shape: a perfect sphere. The same nondescript shade. (p. 2
Reaction:How could something change in mid air? Wouldn't that be impossible.And also an apple cannot be a perfect sphere and an apple is not nondescript that would mean the apple is dull and an apple is not dull when you think of an apple you think of a reddish kind of yellowish green apple.
Chapter 4
bypass-To avoid (an obstacle) by using an alternative channel, passage, or route
Quote:What happens when they make the actual release? Where exactly did Roberto go? (p. 32)
Reaction - No one really knows for sure where they go maybe they go into another society or maybe they get killed or put them somewhere until they die which would be horrible . I hope they at least tell us at the end of the story and not make us read a continuation of the book.
Chapter 5
dwelling-home house some where you live
Quote:Your ready for the pills, that's all. That's the treatment for stirrings.
Reaction:How come they need pills? Just because they are having feelings for someone Maybe they do not want people to get to attached since they get separated when they get older.
Chapter 6
relinquish-to renounce or surrender
quote:It was as if the first Caleb were returning. (p. 43)
Reaction: They are replacing caleb because he died. It is kind of creepy because it was like the old caleb was never there it is as if there is no memory of him even existing.
Chapter 7
precision-the state or quality of being precise
Quote:He couldn't seem to stop, though for each lapse the discipline wand came again, escalating to a series of painful lashes that left marks on Asher's legs. Eventually, for a period of time, Asher stopped talking altogether, when he was a Three.
Reaction: I dont think that hitting him just because he said something wrong is the right thing to do they should have just corrected his mistake and told him how to say it the correct way.
Chapter 8
Integrity-adherence to moral and ethical principles; soundness of moral character; honesty.
quote:The fourth essential attribute is wisdom. . .Jonas has not yet acquired that. (p. 59)
Reaction:He needs to be trained before he can became the Receiver of Memory like since I am in the heart program I have to learn how to help people solve there problems.
Chapter 9
Exempted-To free from an obligation, a duty, or a liability to which others are subject:
Quote:What happened to her?"he asked nervously.
But his parents looked blank. "We don't know."
Reaction: The chief elder had chosen a previous receiver of memory but she failed but his parents did not know what had happened and if they did they were not allowed to speak of it again.
Chapter 10
conspicuous-easily seen or noticed; readily visible or observable
Quote:He couldn't imagine what the thousands of pages contained.
Reaction:He had never seen this many books before only the text book and the book of rules maybe they were hiding something .
Chapter 11
perceived-to become aware of, know, or identify by means of the senses
Quote:"Why don't we have snow, and sleds, and hills?"
Reaction:Jonas received a memory about snow sleds hills but he wonders why they do not have that so the giver told him it's because the climate control and that the snow obstructs from transportation.
Chapter 12
capacity-the ability to receive or contain
Quote:"We shouldn't have!" Jonas said fiercely (p. 91)
Reaction: in this chapter jonas is mad because the giver explains that they took out colors from there lives and he got mad i think i would get mad to because i enjoy having colors in our every day lives.
Chapter 13
access-the ability, right, or permission to approach, enter, speak with, or use; admittance
Quote:"We really have to protect people from wrong choices."
Reaction: That is why they do not have a lot of things and are not able to do alot of things because a civilization without rules would be chaos.
Chapter 14
excruciating -extremely painful; causing intense suffering; unbearably distressing
Quote:"But what wisdom do you get from hunger?" (p. 105)
Reaction:In this chapter the giver gave Jonas the image of neglect and they did not feed him and he questions w the giver about why he gave him that image he explains that it will give him wisdom but he dose not understand but he will gain wisdom because since they have a perfect society he has to know what starvation is like.
Chapter 15
anguish-excruciating or acute distress, suffering, or pain
The Giver looked away, as if he could not bear to see what he had done to Jonas. "Forgive me, " he said.
Reaction:In this chapter the giver was in so much pain and agony he pleaded for Jonas to take some away so jonas did but the giver felt horrible for what he had given jonas he had given him excruciating pain.
Chapter 16
obsolete -no longer in general use; fallen into disuse
Quote:"And they won't be part of my life anymore. . . And they'll be well cared for and respected."
Reaction: in this chapter jonas recieves the givers favorite memory (christmas) but he dose not know what it is but he enjoyed it he sees the grandparents in a living room with children and there parents and he thinks about something he has never even thought about before that he might have grand parents and that wen he becomes older he will forget about his parents and that he will have a family of his own and they will not be part of his life again.
Chapter 17
overwhelmed-To present with an excessive amount
Quote: "Then I wave bye-bye," he said, in the special sweet voice he used when he spoke to the new child.
Reaction:There was identical twins that were born and usually one would have to be released and that was the fathers job that is very sad so I guess that means that they will never meet each other.But we still do not know what they do when they release someone and it is killing me.
Chapter 18-19
that is so awful what they do to the newborn babies and every one that gets released now I know what to get released means I cant believe that Jonas own father finds it comfortable about what they are doing to these babies it is not fair they are murdering them the babies are not in pain or anything so why should they die and they should not call it a release because release means to be set free and go where ever you want.
Chapter 20
"Her name was Rosemary."
Reaction: In his chapter the giver was telling Jonas about his daughter Rosemary I do not know how if the givers daughter is rosemary then how could he let her ask for a release that is hard to know everything and not being able to stop her.
chapter 21
"First thing tomorrow morning."
Reaction:In this chapter Gabe is going to get released the next day I am glad that Jonas takes Gabe and escapes I would be so sad and mad if they killed Gabe in the story.
chapter 22-23
I think how the book ended is that maybe they did find a new civilization or maybe Jonas was just dreaming the whole entire thing . Because he felt no more pain.